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Manuscript Name / Shelf Mark / Project Number Approximate Date Language The main body text Link to Digitized Manuscript
Saint Mark's Monastery, Jerusalem MS 248 (SMMJ 00248) 1,475 CE Garshuni, Syriac

See entry at CPART and in Macomber ([Macomber A]; [Macomber B]) (St. Mark's Convent, Jerusalem 2-13; SMC 2-13). Filoksinos Yohanna Dolabany, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in St. Mark’s Monastery (1994).

  • Part A (20th Century) (Garshuni, Syriac)
    • Syrian Orthodox collection of miscellaneous liturgical pieces
      • f. 1r-2r Rite for the reconciliation of a penitent sinner
      • f. 2v-3v Order of the prayers of the hymns of the canon
      • f. 3v-4v Acrostic alphabetic hymn without title
      • f. 4v-5r A song on drinking; It is sung on the alphabet
  • ​​Part B (1474/5 CE) (Garshuni, Syriac)
    • Syrian Orthodox collection of miscellaneous liturgical pieces
      • f. 1r-42r Miscellaneous Liturgical Pieces
        • f. 1r-9r Shumlaya that the deacon proclaims in the offering of the Eucharist according to the modern revision of Melitene. This is a diaconal for the Mass.
        • f. 9r-10r Communion hymns for the Thursday of the Mysteries
        • f. 1r-23r Prayers, proemia, sedre, 'etre, and huttame that are learned by heart by a new priest when he is ordained.
          • f. 10r-11r Order of the Mother of God
          • f. 11r-12r Order of the Apostles
          • f. 12r-13r Order of the martyrs
          • f. 13r-14r Order of the Patron Saint
          • f. 14r-15r Communion order
          • f. 15r-16r Order of penitance
          • f. 16v-17v Order of the departed
          • f. 17v-19r Oder of the Cross
          • f. 19rv Order of the Resurrection
          • f. 19v-20r Order of Vespers
          • f. 20r-21r Order of Compline
          • f. 21r-22r Order of the night office
          • f. 22r-23r Order of Matins
          • f. 23rv Huttame of the other offices
        • f. 26r-32v Ordinary of the mass
        • f. 32v-33r Prayer for blessing of bread. A table grace.
        • f. 33r-39v Prayers of every kind
          • f. 33r-34r Prayers of vespers
          • f. 34r-35r Prayers of the "hymns of the Greek canon"
          • f. 35r-38v Miscellaneous prayers
          • f. 38v-39v Table prayers (Garshuni)
        • f. 39v-42r Two rhymed homilies for feasts (in Garshuni)
          • f. 39v-40v Homily on the feast of the Nativity
          • f. 40v-42r Homily on the Epiphany
        • f. 42r-45r Two questions of the Fathers
          • f. 42r Question that Bishop Severus asked of Bishop Jacob of Edessa: "How is God above all and below all, inside all and outside all and in all?"
          • f. 42v-45r Bishop John (?), Question concerning the dead after burial while he is doing penance (Garshuni)
        • f. 45v-48v Miracle that our Lady Mary, the Mother of God, worked
        • f. 48v A few epigrams
        • f. 49r-58r Four more rhymed homilies
          • f. 49r-52r Turjām of the blessed Fast
          • f. 52r-54r A pretty homily on the venerable crucifixion
          • f. 54r-56r Turjām of Ninevah and lections (?) of the prophet Jonah. A single rhymed composition
          • f. 56v-58r Turjām on the Resurrection
        • f. 58rv Two prayers: One for the patriarch and one for the sultan
        • f. 59r-61r Another rhymed homily: Turjām on the Dormition of our Lady the Virgin Mary
        • f. 61v-69r
        • f. 69v-73v Homily delivered by St. Jacob which he delivered on the thief of the right hand; read on the Friday of the Crucifixion
        • f. 73v-88v An abridged discouse on the true faith and on the hymns of the spiritual Church.
        • f. 89r-96r The questions of St. Basil and St. Gregory
        • f. 96r-112r Ten questions concerning which a certain disciple asked his master
          • f. 96rv Contents
          • f. 96v-112r Text
        • f. 112r-118r Homily delivered by Bishop Gregory (Pseudo-Gregory Nazianzus), on the destruction of this world and the departure of the soul from the body
    • f. 118v-148r The Apocalypse of Paul (Garshuni)
      • f. 148v Beginning of an unidentified item
St. Thomas Syrian Catholic Church 66(75) 1,783 CE Garshuni, Syriac

See entry at CPART

  • Al-nawapheer and the Prayers
    • Anaphora of St. James
    • Short anaphora of St. James
    • Anaphora of the Patriarch
    • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
    • Anaphora of St. John the Evangelist
    • Anaphora of St. Mark
    • Collected Anaphora
    • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit
    • Anaphora of John of Harran
    • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00425) 1,569 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • f. 1r-1v Colloquy of Moses on Mount Sinai (Garshuni)
  • f. 2v-8v Treatise on a guardian angel (Garshuni)
  • f. 9r-38r Turgame for feasts and commemorations of the liturgical year (Syriac)
    • On Nativity
    • The Virgin Mary
    • Epiphany
    • John the Baptist
    • Peter and Paul
    • Greek Doctors
    • Rogation of the Ninevites
    • Lazarus
    • Palm Sunday
    • Passover
    • Great Saturday
    • Easter
    • Sunday of the Confessors
    • New Sunday
    • Gregory the Martyr
    • Ascension
    • Pentecost
    • Transfiguration
    • Feast of the Cross
    • Dedication of the Church
    • Some of the Turgame are attributed to Khamis
  • f. 39r-43v Turgame for Weekdays (Syriac)
  • f. 44r-46r Rite of the preparation of the leaven (malka) (Syriac)
  • f. 46r-52v Evening prayers for weekday services (Syriac)
  • f. 53v-56v Dismissal Prayers (Syriac)
  • f. 57r-68v Gewargis Wardā, 'Onyatha on repentance (Syriac)
Mardin, Turkey Chaldean Cathedral (CCM 00473) 1,721 CE Garshuni,Syriac
  • f. 1v-20v Gospel readings (Syriac Rite, Eastern)
  • f. 23v-54v Hymns for feasts selected from Ḥudrā
  • f. 55v-91r Anaphora of the Apostles
  • f. 92r-105r Anaphora of Theodore of Mopsuestia
  • f. 106r-128v Anaphora celebrated five times per year
  • f. 129r-132r Hymns for Dominical feasts
  • f. 132v-182v 'Abdisho' bar Brīkā, Dismissal hymns for various feasts
  • f. 186r-188r Prayers
  • f. 189r-203v Turgame for feasts and commemorations of the liturgical year
  • f. 204r-209v Hymns for feasts selected from Ḥudrā
  • f. 210r-212r Rite of Veneration
  • f. 212v-223v Epistle to the Hebrews
  • f. 224r-225r Gospel of Matthew
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 94 (DIYR 00142) 1,700 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Anaphora
  • New Testament Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Western)
  • Shorter Anaphora of St. James
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Anaphora of St. Peter
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Ignatius the fiery (disciple of John the Apostle)
  • Anaphora of Philoxenus of Mabbug
  • Anaphora of Marutha the Catholicos of Tagrit
  • Anaphora of St. Eustathius
  • Anaphora of St. John, bishop of Haran Habura and Nisibis
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
  • Anaphora of St. Xystus of Rome
  • Anaphora of Matthew the Shepherd 
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Sarug
  • Anaphora of John bar Wahbun
  • Anaphora of Gregory the Maphrian
  • Anaphora of Joseph (Ignatius) bar Wahib
  • Dismissal Hymns 
  • Prayer for the Altar when it is Defiled by Unbelievers
  • Prayer for the new vessels
  • Prooemion
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00154) 1,792 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Prayers
  • Service before the Liturgy
  • New Testament Lectionary
  • Small Anaphora of St. James, the Lord's brother
  • Anaphora of John of Ḥaran
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalībī
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of John, viz. Jacob of Nisibis
  • Anaphora of Proclus of Byzantium
  • Dismissal hymns, Sedrē
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00169) 1,791 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Service before the Eucharist
  • Anaphora of James, the Lord's Brother
  • New Testament Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Western)
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
  • New Testament Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Western)
  • Anaphora of Proclus of Byzantium
  • New Testament Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Western)
  • Anaphora selected from the Holy Fathers
  • New Testament Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Western)
  • Anaphora of John, bishop of Ḥarran, Ḥabur, and Nisibis
  • New Testament Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Western)
  • Anaphora of Julius of Rome
  • Anaphora of Patriarch Ignatius bar Wahib
  • Prayer upon the vessels offered for the altar
  • Dismissal Prayers
  • New Testament Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Western)
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi 215; 8/19 (DIYR 00177) 1,743 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Our Lady's Vigil
  • Anaphora of Jacob of Sarug
  • Easter dates
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Xystus of Rome
  • Anaphora of Dionysius bar Ṣalibi
  • Dismissal Prayers; Gospel Readings
  • Anaphora of James, the Lord's Brother
  • Chants and Supplications
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00198) 1,741 CE Garshuni, Syriac
  • Lectionary (Syriac Rite, Western)
  • Anaphora of St. James, the Lord's Brother
  • Anaphora of Simon, the head of the apostles
  • Anaphora of Mushe bar Kepha
  • Anaphora of St. James, the Lord's brother
  • Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles
  • Anaphora of John the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Mark the Evangelist
  • Anaphora of Patriarch John Aksnoyo
  • Anaphora of Patriarch Eustathius
  • Anaphora of Marutha of Tagrit
  • Anaphora of Matthew the Pastor
  • Dismissal Prayers
  • Prayers
Diyarbakir, Turkey Meryem Ana Kilisesi (DIYR 00206) 1,899 CE Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish
  • Canons (Garshuni)
  • Prayer on behalf of the community of St. Mar Musa al-Habashi (Garshuni)
  • Prayers (Garshuni)
  • Spells (Garshuni)
  • Charms against arrows and arms (Syriac)
  • Procession of the Cross (Syriac)
  • Prayers (Syriac)
  • Litany of our Lady Mary (Garshuni)
  • History of Kyprianos (Garshuni)
  • Prayers (Garshuni)
  • History of Solomon, son of David (Garshuni)
  • Psalter (Syriac)
  • Songs of glorification (Syriac)
  • Definition of the faith of the 318 fathers against the doctrine of Arius (Garshuni, Syriac, Turkish)
  • Prayer (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Ephrem Syrus, Homily on Teaching (Syriac)
  • Dismissal Prayer (Garshuni)
  • Prayer sent by God to Solomon and his reply
  • Psalter  (Garshuni)
  • Prayers (Garshuni)
  • Names of all the angels (Syriac)
  • Prayer of Our Lady (Garshuni)
  • Charms and spells (Garshuni, Syriac)
  • Charms (Turkish)
  • Prayers (Garshuni)
  • Calling of the Apostles (Garshuni)

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